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To see a moose: The History of Polish Sex Education

Agnieszka Kościańska
Year of publication: 
2021
Original title: 
Zobaczyć łosia. Historia polskiej edukacji seksualnej od pierwszej lekcji do internetu
Book/ journal title: 
To see a moose: The History of Polish Sex Education
Original Language: 
polski

An English version of the book by Agnieszka Kościańska was published: To see a moose: The History of Polish Sex Education (Berghahn Books, 2021)

Foreword by Frances Pine
Translated from the Polish by Philip Palmer
Series: European Anthropology in Translation (General Editor: Nicolette Makovicky)

Description:
Guiding the reader through the development of sex education in Poland, Agnieszka Kościańska looks at how it has changed from the 19th century to the present day. The book compares how sex was described in school textbooks, including those scrapped by the communists for fear of offending religious sentiments, and explores how the Catholic church retained its power in Poland under various regimes. The book also identifies the women and men who changed the way sex was written about in the country, and how they established the field of Polish sex education.